Some population experts say Earth cannot sustain a population of more than 10 billion people. How would you write an inequality showing the sustainable population (p)

Question

in billions of people?(1 point)
Responses

p>10
p greater than 10

p≤10
p less-than-or-equal-to 10

p<10
p less-than-or-equal-to 10,000,000,000

p≥10

Answer 1

The appropriate inequality showing that the sustainable population \( p \) in billions of people should not exceed 10 billion is:

\( p \leq 10 \)

This means that the population can be less than or equal to 10 billion.